Airflow.aero, Niceair and more (The Allplane Newsletter #79)
New podcast episode
Airflow.aero founder and CEO, Marc Ausman, was on the podcast to share his entrepreneurial journey and the perspectives for the interesting electric 9-seater aircraft they are developing.
The Allplane Podcast #58: with Airflow.aero founder Marc Ausman
Picture: Airflow.aero
Sustainable Aviation News
Airbus has partnered Spirit AeroSystems to make the wings of its CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL. The manufacturing location is going to be Belfast, in Northern Ireland. LINK.
Universal Hydrogen has selected a site near Albuquerque, New Mexico, to manufacture its capsules and retrofit kits. Production may start already in 2024. LINK.
Kenya Airways may start testing eVTOLs in 2025. Fahari Aviation, a subsidiary of the African carrier has partnered with Embraer’s EVE. LINK.
LanzaTech, the parent company of sustainable aviation fuel producer LanzaJet, is going public through a $2.2B SPAC. LINK.
The Dutch government commissioned a study about the potential of electric aircraft on certain routes, such as those connecting the Dutch Caribbean territories between themselves. The conclusions seem to be encouraging, provided a number of investments are made. The study is in Dutch, but Tony Harrington wrote a nice summary for Greenairnews. LINK.
NetJets is going to get 150 Lilium eVTOLs, apparently to provide service in Florida. The German manufacturer had already reached a similar agreement earlier with Luxembourg-based executive jet operator Luxaviation. LINK.
Volocopter raised an additional $170M (bringing the total of successive funding rounds at $579). This E round values the German eVTOL maker at $1.7B. The investor is WP Investment, of Korea, which will also help Volocopter get established in that country. LINK.
What else in aviation?
Japanese airline ANA is launching a new carrier, Air Japan, for medium haul international routes. LINK.
I published two new articles on The Points Guy:
About the new Icelandic airline Niceair This new carrier is going to fly direct between Akureyri, on Iceland’s northern coast, and several European destinations, thus, bypassing the country’s air hub at Keflavik. LINK.
About the Fly + Rail products offered by several European airlines. LINK.